A Lawrence man pleaded no contest on Friday in Douglas County District Court in connection with a fight at a gas station that resulted in serious injuries.
Xavier Micheal Wilson, 22, was convicted of one felony count of attempted aggravated battery as part of a plea agreement that lowered the charge from aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. The original charge was a level-7 person felony, and it was ...
A De Soto man was sentenced on Friday in Douglas County District Court to life in prison with no possibility of parole for 25 years for aggravated sodomy of a preschool girl.
The man, Kenneth Wilson Mills, 36, was convicted by a jury in August 2022 of one felony count of aggravated sodomy of a person under the age of 14. He was originally charged with one felony count of rape, one felony count of aggravated ...
A man at an unsanctioned homeless camp in North Lawrence died of a combination of fentanyl, methamphetamine and kratom intoxication, according to an autopsy report released Wednesday by the Douglas County coroner.
The man, Anthony Cipollaro, 26, died on Dec. 30, 2022, at a camp next to the city-run campsite at 141 N. Maple St., just behind Johnny’s Tavern North. Witnesses had called for help just before ...
KU students accused of vandalizing the "Native Hosts" artwork at the university's Spencer Museum of Art in 2021 are pursuing diversion agreements after a scheduled preliminary hearing Thursday in Douglas County District Court.
The men, Josef Robert Keivan, 20, of Burr Ridge, Illinois, and Owen Patrick McAuliffe, 19, of La Grange Park, Illinois, were each charged with one felony count of criminal damage to the ...
A Lawrence man was charged on Tuesday in Douglas County District Court with multiple crimes after he allegedly kidnapped a woman on New Year's Eve 2022 and threatened her with a gun the week before on Christmas Day.
Taheed Jevon Montano, 21, faces one felony count of kidnapping, one felony count of aggravated assault with a firearm and two felony counts of criminal threat. The kidnapping and one of the criminal ...
A Lawrence man who allegedly brandished a gun at his former employer's business before police used a stun gun to arrest him was charged Tuesday in Douglas County District Court with criminal threat and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Marquis Deshan Lee, 48, was being held on a $500,000 bond after his arrest on Friday afternoon. Witnesses at a business in the 1100 block of Horizon Drive reported to ...
